Roger wrote:

In general the mill is just a big drill press and about as safe unless
using a fly cutter.

We do have face shields, but they need their own leather gloves. I
almost always wear tight fitting leather gloves and short sleeve
shirts when working with machine tools.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com


Roger,

I'm not sure I can agree with you about wearing gloves. If you get your
gloved fingers too close to the spinning bit you risk the bit "grabbing"
your glove and pulling your hand into it. On the other hand, if you're
not wearing a glove you might lose a bit of skin or get cut but it's
unlikely you'd be "grabbed" by the bit.

I agree completely about wearing short sleeve shirts. However, that
"rule" goes 100% against the rule to always wear long sleeved cotton
shirts when working around electricity. Since our shop was part of the
Technical Metering Department we would often move directly from a 480
test setup to the drill press...

Different hazards.... different rules...

John